Preceding the Dutch Lower House elections, the war between Hamas and Israel is slowly starting to play more of a role in the campaign. A Dutch political reporter: “It is inevitable that parties will pay attention to it in the campaign; the conflict dominates the… Read More

The French documentary production company Les Bons Clients is organising worldwide filming for a major documentary film for the public TV channel France 2. It will be a prime time spectacular futuristic film about France in 2100, directed by French director Michael Pitiot. For the… Read More

From Brussels, Jacques Brel’s birthplace, to Roubaix, where he gave his last concert, via Paris, where he rose to fame, and Amsterdam, which he immortalised, everyone covers his repertoire. It’s an opportunity for unexpected encounters, like Kad Merad’s Ne me quitte pas or Thomas Dutronc… Read More

The Dutch maintained their position as one of the world’s happiest countries in annual United Nations survey in 2023. The report, which is published annually by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks countries based on factors such as GDP per capita, social support,… Read More

The Dutch lawyer Inez Weski has been arrested on suspicion of participating in a criminal organisation. The public prosecutor’s office confirmed in a press release that a lawyer has been arrested on suspicion of participating in a “criminal organisation, engaged in international drug trafficking and… Read More

The Dutch is Cabinet working on regulation of life termination for children up to 12 years of age who are suffering unbearably and hopelessly. The current Dutch Late Termination of Pregnancy and Life Termination of Newborns regulation will be amended and expanded to include life… Read More

The Scottish production company MacTV is producing a documentary series about peat. The series is exploring magnificent peatlands in Scotland and around the world – and why they are the unsung eco-heroes of our planet. Presenter Anne McAlpine takes us on a journey from the… Read More

The Dutch cabinet is pushing forward with a new regulation to enable euthanasia for terminally ill children aged 1-12 who experience unbearable and hopeless suffering. Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced in a press release that he expects the regulation to be implemented within the year…. Read More

For a Nippon TV entertainment program a presenter comes to Amsterdam to fish in the canals with magnets. Magnet fishing is a known hobby in the Netherlands. Since the country has loads of canals, rivers, ditches and lakes, a lot metal objects end up in… Read More

For a documentary about hacked crypto communication systems, aimed to be broadcast on Netflix or another international platform, Nova Production wants cooperation with the Dutch police and public prosecutor. The documentary will focus on the hacking operation EncroChat, how it was prepared and its consequences… Read More

The Scottish production company MacTV is producing a documentary series about peat. The Netherlands was exploiting peat’s industrial potential from the 13th Century. Without any large seams of coal, the country’s huge sugar and salt refining industries depended on peat to fuel them. Centuries of… Read More

The Netherlands are Europe’s main producer of synthetic drugs. All the Ecstasy, the MDMA, the Amphetamines and met-amphetamines are mostly synthesized in Brabant, a southern region of the Netherlands, generating high profits after the substances are exported worldwide. Worse of all, the synthetic drugs production… Read More